West Ashtead Primary Academy

About West Ashtead Primary Academy

West Ashtead Primary Academy presents a mixed picture when it comes to academic outcomes. Its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in 2019, rated the school as ‘Requires improvement’ overall, a downgrade from the ‘Good’ rating it had received in its previous inspection. The inspection report specifically rated leadership and management as ‘Requires improvement’, though early years provision was judged to be ‘Good’. However, the school’s most recent Key Stage 2 results, from the 2023/24 academic year, tell a more positive story. An impressive 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is comfortably above the local authority average of 66%. This performance places the school 2nd out of 11 primary schools in Mole Valley, putting it in the top 25% nationally. It also ranks 50th out of 298 similar schools across the wider Surrey local authority.

Looking more closely at the individual subject scores, the school’s strengths are clear. In reading, 86% of pupils reached the expected standard, with an average scaled score of 107. Writing saw the same proportion, 86%, meet expectations, and 45% achieved a higher standard. Maths was similarly strong, with 81% at the expected level and an average score of 108, while half of all pupils achieved the higher standard. The combined higher standard figure for reading, writing and maths was 21%. These results suggest that, despite the overall Ofsted rating, the school is delivering solid academic progress for its pupils. The parent view, based on 18 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, is overwhelmingly positive: 89% would recommend the school, and 78% strongly agreed that their child is happy there. A further 72% strongly agreed that their child does well at the school.

The school is a state primary academy for children aged 0 to 11, with a nursery on site. It has a capacity of 330 pupils but currently has 237 on roll, so there is some room for growth. For the 2025/26 academic year, it was oversubscribed, receiving 93 applications for 30 places, with 27 of those going to first-preference families. The school offers a range of facilities including a Forest School, sports hall, playing fields, gymnasium, sensory room and even a chapel. Sports on offer include football, cricket, swimming, tennis, athletics and dance, while clubs include Eco Club, drama and coding. The school has a dedicated SEND provision list covering specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. For families seeking a school with strong academic results in a supportive setting, West Ashtead Primary Academy is worth a closer look, particularly given its high parent satisfaction and above-average KS2 outcomes.

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